Solution Train Engineer

Would you like to help us to design sustainable transportation solutions for the future. As part of the Volvo Group Technology team, you will help us accelerate our journey by engineering exciting next-gen technologies with a global reach. Be part of our evolution as we strengthen our team. Bring your love of developing systems, working collaboratively, and your advanced skills to a place where you can make an impact.


Shaping tomorrow’s technology


At Vehicle Technology, we are passionate about shaping tomorrow’s technology to create excellent sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions to make the world a better place for future generations. We provide innovative, safe and driver-friendly solutions, we develop top-quality services, and we make our customer operations more efficient by using excellent data insights. We support the Volvo Group engineering community with cutting edge tools and methods


Roles and Responsibilities


Portfolio & Product Management is a team based in Gothenburg that is part of the Portfolio Management and EE Architecture (PM&EEA) organization which governs and manages the EE Platform for trucks. We are responsible to define, develop and maintain the full-embedded system lifecycle as a platform from the EE roadmap, change management to lean and agile EE portfolio and solution architecture & solution management. You will be part of the Portfolio & Product Management team and report to the Group Manager.
As a Solution Train Engineer your key responsibilities will be:
Lead the Community of Practice for Agile Release Train management through a collaborative approach by proposing, coordinating and contributing to the improvements for the inner life of the Epic
Coaching Epic owners in Epic breakdowns
Cross stream and agile release train coordination
Continuous improvement
Participate in the Community of Practice Portfolio management to bridge the gap and a line the work between portfolio and ART mgmt.
Lead and continuously evolve cross development stream events such as pre- and post-PI planning
Closely collaborate with the solution manager(s) and solution architect(s) to optimize the product flow
Main focus is the Embedded system but all interfaces/dependencies outside the embedded system is also in the scope
Manage a clear setup on how to assure an aligned way of working in tools such as Confluence, JIRA, SW Configurator and PowerBI to secure the EPIC and CAPABILITY visualization, structure and progress
Secure that we have the proper processes in place to assure the right activities to achieve the needed activities for Functional Safety, Cyber Security and Vertical Integration

How to succeed


To be able to succeed in this role, you must have a master's degree in Computer Engineering/Electronics Engineering or an equivalent. You have at least 10 years of experience in product or project management position. Having proven expertise about Embedded SW development in vehicles as well as a strong experience in agile ways of working are prerequisites for this role. In parallel you also need to have you have experience from the development of electrical systems in the automotive industry.


Being an excellent communicator along with the ability to encourage people and to set and show a clear direction is an inevitable part of this role. You lead vertically across the organization to reach the expected results and need to be able to motivate teams towards challenging targets and manage stakeholders versus their expectations. You always strive to develop further in your role and show strength to manage risks in planning and decision making. You need to be both business and customer oriented. Since the role will interact in an international environment, being fluent in both spoken and written English is something we require.


The location for the position is in Gothenburg. If you are based in another location, but your skills are a good fit, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway. Relocation support can be provided if needed.